Nicholas Grumans wheeled out of the elevator in a wheelchair. Nicholas looked a lot shorter in a wheelchair. He wheeled over to the Nurse's station where Nurse Jackson and Kenji were standing.
The two of them looked at him in surprise.
"Nicholas, What are you doing here? I thought I told you I didn't want to ever see you here again." Jackson asked.
"Surprise, the cancer's back," he said with a fake smile on his face.
"I'm sorry about that," Nurse Jackson replied.
"Yeah, well what are you going to do?" He said trying to stay positive.
Mary Cross walked over to where they were. She looked at Kenji and asked, "Are you happy now?" She showed him the heart monitor.
"Very," he said with a smile on his face.
"Good, someone finally got you to put on that heart monitor," Nurse Jackson said. Nicholas was still sitting there. "Mary, this is Nicholas he is going to be staying here for a little while," she said introducing the two.
"Now you can call me Nick," he replied holding out his hand for her to shake. He thought she was pretty so he tried to be funny and snarky.
She didn't shake it. Mary stared at him for a moment not knowing what to say. She looked down at his leg.
"Why are you in that chair?" She asked with a smirk.
"Why do you need a heart monitor?" He asked trying to make a point.
"You two play nice," Nurse Jackson said walking away.
Mary and Nick started to go down the hallway.
"Why are you following me?" Mary asked.
"I thought you were following me," he replied.
"And why on earth would I follow you?" She asked. "You probably don't even know where we are right now."
Nick ignored her and started to wheel the other direction. Mary turned around and watched him go away.
Once he was out of her sight she started to walk back to where she was going
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Nicholas wheeled into his room. There was nothing in it besides a bed, a desk, and a few chairs. There was a big duffel bag on his bed. He shut the door behind him and closed the minds by the door.
Nick wheeled over to the window and sat there. He held his face in his hands. Nicholas started to cry. It was very quiet so no one could hear him, but he sat there, tears streaming down his face. After a few seconds he banged his fists on the window angrily.
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Mary walked into Sean's room to see Scarlet and Sean sitting there.
"Hey Mary," Sean said as Mary sat down next to him.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" She asked.
"Nothing really. I was just going to go find Bella. Her meeting with Dr. Samuels should be over by now. I'll see you back in our room later tonight," Scarlet said to Mary as she stood up.
"I'll see you later for dinner, I'll meet you in your guy's room," Sean said as Scarlet walked out.
"So, what do you want to do?" Mary asked Sean.
"I don't know, maybe this," he said as he leaned in to kiss her.
Mary didn't resist. She kissed him back. Sean put his arms around Mary as they kept kissing. He quickly ripped off his shirt to reveal a very toned body. Mary and him kept kissing. He was about to take off Mary's shirts but Mary stopped him.
"Wait, wait, wait," she said still kissing him.
"What is it?" He asked not really caring.
"My heart monitor, it sends some type of bat signal to Nurse Jackson when my heart rate rises," she said to him.
Mary took it off while they were kissing. The two of them stood up and kept making out. The door was closed so no one would see them.
But soon after that, the door burst open. Nurse Jackson was standing in the door way.
"Seriously?" Nurse Jackson asked.
"What the hell, have you ever heard of privacy?" Mary asked.
"Well not when you take off your heart monitor," she replied.
"You mean it goes off even when I'm not attached to it?" Mary asked.
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Scarlet and Bella were walking down the hallway of the hospital.
"I thought you said your mom and brother were coming after your appointment with your therapist?" Scar said.
"Yeah well my mom had a case and I don't know about my brother. He never responds to any of my texts or calls," Bella said annoyed.
"Why not?" Scarlet asked.
"After my anorexia started, everything became about my disease. My brother and I used to be so close. But it's not like that anymore. He doesn't look at me the same. I get that he's concerned but it just doesn't make sense," she said with a disappointed look.
"Can I ask you something?" Scar asked Bella. She had a bit of anxiety in her voice but Bella didn't catch it.
"Of course," Bella said.
"Okay, this might sound a little weird but it's about Sean. Do you think that he," Scarlet stopped there. She didn't know how to say it.
"That he likes you a bit more than a stepsister?" Bella asked.
"It's just I get that he has that protective instinct because of him being my stepbrother. And it's totally weird the way he acts sometimes. He just keeps sending mixed signals. And then there's Mary who I can barely stand. And it doesn't help I have to share a room with her," she said going on and on.
"He could just be screwing over Mary like he does to every other girl." Bella explained.
"Yeah but I don't think Mary is even into him that much. They're so on and off that it's hard to tell. Mary doesn't strike me as a person to fall for that. It might just be him being the best option now," Scar said trying to make sense of the situation.
"Scarlet, he opens up to you and I think that you need to be the one to make a move." Bella said.
"When? How?" Scar asked.
"You just need to find the right time," Bella replied.